St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-07-09

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MARRYING FOR MONEY
Some ceonee-ss.ss vlsvs - - Eve
lsssrsstang Subject
For lovers, who love because thew
love. this paper b not written. They
are what they are. They do not reason
and can not be reasoned with. Their
passion is blind force which attracts
them together - Saturn's moons arc
attracted to Ssturn-by IN occult and
invisible compulsion which can neither
he seen. nor felt. nor tasted, nor de-
scribed. They are theme for poets
and dreamers, and not for common,
sensible. workaday people like the
writer and reader. Have done with
them.
But there arc people who get married
As they Join the church. or choose u
vocation. or enter upon . hazardous
undertaking. They look around them
and examine into the condition Of holy
wedlock IS it is among their acquaint-
ances. friends and kinsfolk. Having
''cut their eye teeth" they brush tho
bloom from the cheek Of the peach be-
fore they eat it, because they know tho
bloom is bitter. For good people Of
this strain . profitable word may b
said about marrying for money.
Ihave often thought that the circum-
stances under which . man or . woman
might justifably marry for money
could be readily tabulated. II. for in
stance. there should be rich man who
had no moral or physical defect to
make IN alliance with him repulsive.
his wealth would be . proper induce
ment to any woman Of the following
list to whom he might offer his hand:
A woman older than himself and do.
pendent
A widow with children 70 care for.
A widow with no one to care for her.
An invalid maid or matron.
An accomplished poor girl.
A beauty.
An equal in wealth and position.
So. also. throwing loveout Of tho
question. but insisting upon regard.
respect and good character. . rich
young woman might properly marry
A man Of equal or larger fortune
A poor man Of talent
A clever artist, or mechanic, or
farmer. or preacher. or soldier.
Any man the weight of whose intel
ligence. or capacity Of one sort or
another. would he . balance for the
weight of dollars brought him by his
wife.
Throwing out OF consideration tho
physical conditions which are neces-
sary under all circumstances OF the
married state. IL money be an induce
nent the man who marries for money
should he able to bring some set-of to
make the match IN even one. It is tho
moro necessary for the reason that the
man is the proposing party. That
married woman would b IN angel in
deed who. having put her fat purse into
the hand Of q poor husband. would not
upon some Of the emergent occasions OF
married life taunt him with 1.-THE odd
shilling"
On the contrary. the rich husband
who marries q wife Of slender fortune
is his own chooser. However much he
may rue his bargain he can not re-
proach his helpmate for self-imposed
conditions. Having made his bed he
must lie in it. II his wife be accom-
plished or beautiful she may fairly
claim that the dowry she brings her
husband is something better than gold
can buy.
Marrying for money in some cases ID
altogether advisable, il the opportunity
offer. 1t is not . merely sordid view Of
the married relation to take caro- ut the
outstart Of assured bread and butter.
There may. indeed. be some doubt OF
the propriety of bringing . brood Of
children into the world for the world
to care for. The philosophy Of Tenny-
sons Yorkshire farmer in his advice to
his son Sammy:
Doant th0u maxxy Tor mummy,
But goa Whoer mummy -
il full of the wisdom Of this world. We
advise as many Of the Tommys and
Susans Is possible not to marry for
money. but to 60 where money ID and
take the chances. II money can b
found in the hands Of . fairly good
man, or . tolerable girl. or beaming
and buxom widow. and the encum-
brances b not greater than the induce
n,ents, manageable bodies should not
let an opportunity that offers slip from
their grasp. Money not only makes
the mare 60; It buys oats for the marc
50 that she can 60.
Sentimentalists who arc disposed to
find fault with these worldly-wise words
NAV rest their criticism. Lovers who
have from time immemorial rushed
blindly into matrimony, regardless OF
the fact that love and squslid poverty
are incompatible. will continue to rush.
The more far-seeing and better bal.
anced ones will weigh the pros and
cons and marry according to their judy
ment Il they marry 1t al. and no man
cr woman will marry for money because
Of our advice-unless they get the
chance. Nevertheless, '1Koain wheer